Video system design goes beyond evaluating and using the right microprocessors, peripheral chips and other related components. Consider that high-pin count, fine-pitch BGAs ranging upwards of 1,052 ...

Compared to through-hole construction, inspecting SMD construction is a whole other game. Things you thought were small before are almost invisible now, and making sure solder got where it’s supposed ...

You may have heard the phrase “flip-chip” before: it’s a broad term referring to several integrated circuit packaging methods, the common thread being that the semiconductor die is flipped upside down ...

IC packaging is a technique for shielding semiconductor equipment from ambient physical damage or degradation by wrapping them in ceramics or polymer packaging materials. There are several varieties ...

It was almost a year ago when we first heard details about AMD's plans for its top-dog mobile part for Zen 5, which goes by the name Strix Halo. For Zen 5 in laptops, AMD is developing two lines of ...